as for the schmidt and bender 1-8, they have been pushed back for about a year now, they are having trouble getting the reticle in the first focal plane and the red dot in the second focal plane to work well together. they also raised the price on the 1-8 and 3-20 scopes 600$ recently

most current ETA on the schmidt and bender offering is August, but like i said, it's been pushed back for a year so far